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MS/MBA joint degree program. He is an expert in the management of innovation and new product development, with a focus on the design and deployment of digital technologies. He is best known for his pioneering work on software development,...
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- February 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993
By: Tarun Khanna
Explores some of the economic and political tradeoffs that need to be negotiated by a firm seeking to influence industry structure. The setting is the nascent personal computer software industry in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1993. Microsoft has to localize...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Product Marketing;
Market Entry and Exit;
Market Transactions;
Industry Structures;
Partners and Partnerships;
Vertical Integration;
Software;
Information Technology Industry;
China
Khanna, Tarun. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993." Harvard Business School Case 795-115, February 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- Research Summary
Resource Relatedness and the Location Strategy of the Multi-Business Firm
We provide new insights into firm location decisions by disentangling and comparing location strategies of multibusiness firms and standalone firms in the same industries. We find that units of multibusiness firms exhibit internal agglomeration, which is stronger than...
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Research overview
By: Michael Luca
The growth of consumer review websites over the past decade has revolutionized the way in which consumers learn about product quality. The centrality of information to consumer welfare has also been underscored in public policy debates, where quality disclosure has...
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Environmental Policy and Competitiveness
Michael E. Porter has been exploring (with Claas van der Linde of St. Gallen University, Switzerland) the relationship between environmental regulation, industry competition, and international competitiveness. He finds that many forms of environmental pollution...
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- February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
The Climate Corporation
By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Mary Shelman
Climate Corporation is a San Francisco–based data analytics company focused on agricultural applications. It was acquired by Monsanto in 2013. In 2015, Climate's decision support platform was used on 75 million acres of farmland in the U.S.; however, most of those...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness Industry;
Farming;
Big Data;
Data Analytics;
Agriculture;
Agribusiness;
Decision Making;
Analytics and Data Science;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Bell, David E., Forest Reinhardt, and Mary Shelman. "The Climate Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 516-060, February 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- November 2011 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
Customer Visits for Entrepreneurs
Provides practical guidelines for conducting customer visits to explore and validate demand for an entrepreneurial offering. Reviews conditions under which visits will yield superior insights, compared to other research methods. Describes criteria for selecting visit...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Customer Visits for Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-098, November 2011. (Revised August 2012.)
- July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Kanthal (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system...
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Earnings Management;
Cost Management;
Financial Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business or Company Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Sales;
Business Strategy;
Profit;
Electronics Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-002, July 1989. (Revised April 2001.)
- August 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Leitax (A)
By: Noel H. Watson, Rogelio Oliva and Laura Winig
Leitax, a young digital camera manufacturer selling its cameras mainly through retailers, experienced poor matching of inventory availability with demand for new and existing products in 2002. Describes the implementation and details of a consensus forecasting...
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Keywords:
Demand and Consumers;
Supply Chain Management;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Supply and Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry
Watson, Noel H., Rogelio Oliva, and Laura Winig. "Leitax (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-002, August 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- May 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Managing for Integrity: Three Vignettes
By: Lynn S. Paine
Three situations are described. A branch manager for a retail brokerage firm must decide whether to change the branch's cash management techniques to increase interest earnings. An auto mechanic must decide whether to oversell parts and repairs to meet sales and...
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Ethics;
Decision Making;
Organizational Culture;
Financial Management;
Sales;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Paine, Lynn S. "Managing for Integrity: Three Vignettes." Harvard Business School Case 393-154, May 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
- 12 Sep 2021
- News
Life Kit: How To Make Hybrid Work Successful
Working While Distancing
Are you suddenly working from home? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of View Details
- 21 Dec 2019
- News
Three Myths About Creativity That Are Probably Holding You Back
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
vary in their propensity to violate MAP policies and the depth by which they do so. Our inductive research approach documents managerial wisdom about MAP practices. We confront these insights from practice with a large empirical study that includes hundreds of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
banks. The ideas are reflected in remarks by managers, whether or not the actual terms are used. In many respects, they have become generic, which I suppose is the ultimate mark of usefulness. In all fairness, they are the product of the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- May 1994 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Sealed Air Corporation 's Leveraged Recapitalization (A)
Less than a year after Sealed Air embarked on a program to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality, the company borrowed almost 90% of the market value of its common stock and paid it out as a special dividend to shareholders. Management purposefully and...
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Wruck, Karen, and Brian Barry. "Sealed Air Corporation 's Leveraged Recapitalization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 294-122, May 1994. (Revised December 1997.)
- November 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
IguanaFix
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Laura Urdapilleta
IguanaFix is a rapidly scaling Latin American startup that provides an online platform connecting consumers with home improvement contractors. The founders have acquired customers through both B2C and B2B methods. But in seeking to grow and scale the business, they now...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Marketing;
Home Improvement Services;
Marketing Management;
Scaling;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Sales;
Online Advertising;
Latin America
Cespedes, Frank V., Thomas R. Eisenmann, Maria Fernanda Miguel, and Laura Urdapilleta. "IguanaFix." Harvard Business School Case 817-056, November 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- June – July 2008
- Article
A Better Approach to Foreign Aid
By: Justin Muzinich and Eric D. Werker
Frustration with U.S. foreign aid is widespread. At the same time, flows of private development finance—including foreign direct investment and remittances—have begun to dwarf official aid. We suggest a new approach that harnesses the power of private development...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Foreign Direct Investment;
International Relations;
Taxation;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
United States
Muzinich, Justin, and Eric D. Werker. "A Better Approach to Foreign Aid." Policy Review 149 (June–July 2008).
- April 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Yahoo! Messenger: Network Integration
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Describes Yahoo!'s management of the launch of version 6.0 of its Instant Messenger (IM) product, which incorporates features from 12 other Yahoo! properties, including Search, Music, Games, Photos, Personals, News, and Shopping. The integration of features from so...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Business Units;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Competitive Advantage;
Web Services Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Yahoo! Messenger: Network Integration." Harvard Business School Case 805-102, April 2005. (Revised June 2006.)